Between 1930 and 1938 New Zealand artist Eric Lee-Johnson, and his young family, lived in London while he studied art and experimented with modernist ways of representing the world and making photographs. Lee-Johnson’s photography was a bit of a secret as his primary artistic focus was painting but the photographs he took were remarkably good. These appealing images of London have the simplicity of a snapshot. Here is a small selection of some of them and one of Eric and his small son, Michael.

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Looks like a car rally at the Park, with all the cars in a line.. you have taken me back home thank you, I am originally from South London..I can relate in the underground, when I travelled on we were like sardines in the rush hour, no room to have newspapers! Thank you for reminding me of lovely London.